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kult ov kaos issue 3

The poem is from Nabarz’s book/play: “Divine Comedy of Neophyte Corax and Goddess Morrigan”

Available from Amazon and Innerbookshop and ebook format from the publishers Web of Wyrd Press.

 
One Who is Three

Morrigan
Goddess of War,
bestower and reaper of life
Phantom Queen.

Black-feathered, spear in hand
naked breasts heavy with blood and milk,
standing across the river of life.

Your beloved die in your arms,
your foes die at your feet.
Dark mother, luscious Crone, Goddess of death

as a battle rages,
your are there, graceful Raven
tearing flesh from bone.

As the moon wanes
we become closer, and closer
at the dark moon;
we dance in your cave.
Great Queen, Morrigan.
  

   -Payam Nabarz

Video of Divine Comedy of Neophyte Corax and Goddess Morrigan

 ”A wonderfully useful and scholarly grimoire compiled from both a myriad of diverse ancient cultures and sources (Egyptian, Hebrew, Greek, Roman, Persian, Arabic, Zoroastrian, Mithraic, Gnostic, and Sufi) and many modern magicians and poets and esoteric sources as well (even Crowley! He pops up everywhere these days!). It is both an informative history of myth and star lore and a practical guide and workbook for practicing stellar magic. There are opening and closing rites to frame invocations of Orion, Sothis, Perseus & Andromeda, Cygnus, the Pleiades, Draco and the Great and Small Bears, as well as the traditional Seven Planets and the Zodiac. A fascinating read and a genuine contribution to the rediscovery of the Secret Science of the Sages. I like revivals like this!”- Shade Oroboros, Silver Star http://www.horusmaat.com/silverstar2/SILVERSTAR1.html

Host: Omphalos Magickal Moot
Date: Sunday, 08 November 2009
Time: 14:00 – 17:00
Location: Upstairs at the Huntsman Pub
Street: 1 Terrace Walk, North Parade
Town/City: Bath, United Kingdom

For more information on Payam Nabarz, and his book Stellar Magic see http://www.stellarmagic.co.uk

http://paganpages.org/content/2009/11/2802/

Here’s their description :

Payam Nabarz has once again provided reader and practitioner alike with an invaluable tome that will aid its readers for generations to come.

~Michele Burke PaganPages.org

Find out about the driving force, inspiration, his influences and much much more!

http://www.iranian.com/main/blog/nabarz/star-sirius-tishtrya-tir-sothis

“Powerful images and words combine in this lyrical journey into darkness.”

http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/underworld/7714043

“Persephone is a shadowy liminal figure, shifting, both in image and in character across time. Was she a victim of the wiles of Hades, or a willing Queen of the underworld?

In this lyrical re-working of the classical myth of Persephone and the epic journey to and return from the underworld, her voice is explored as it has never been heard before. Through a rich tapestry of words and images that resonate with both classical and contemporary interpretations of this grand narrative, Katherine Sutherland and Alex Singleton breath new life into the age-old story of descent, ascent and transformation.”

BOOK LAUNCH & SIGNING
24th July 2009, 730pm – 930pm

PLEASE NOTE:  This event is strictly limited to the Guest List.  If you wish to take this oppurtunity to purchase a copy of STELLAR MAGIC, meet the author and get your book signed, please RSVP to Atlantis Bookshop / Avalonia (details at the bottom of this message)

If you are unable to attend, but would like to order a signed copy of STELLAR MAGIC please pre-order a copy directly from The Atlantis Bookshop.

You can also pre-order this book now from Avalonia – http://www.avaloniabooks.co.uk

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STELLAR MAGIC by Payam Nabarz
A Practical Guide to Rites of the Moon, Planets, Stars and Constellations

The practical rites and ceremonies in this Liber Astrum are created using a myriad of hymns and tales, drawing inspiration and material from many ancient, classical and medieval sources including: the Hymns of Orpheus, Ovid’s Metamorphoses , Plato’s Timaeus, the Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius, the Greek Magical Papyri, the Chaldean Oracles, the Persian Shah Nameh ‘Epic of Kings’ by Ferdowsi, Scipio’s Dream by Cicero, the Persian Pahlavi Texts, book of Enoch, Bible Ezekiel chapter, Egyptian temples and texts, The Golden Ass by Lucius Apuleius, the Zoroastrian Yasht hymns, Sufi works of Ibn Arabi and Rumi, the Kabalistic Sefer Yetzirah, the Mithras Liturgy, Persian Burj Nameh, the Picatrix, Hesiod Works and Days, Homer’s The Odyssey, Porphyry’s On the Cave of the Nymphs and Aratus’ Phaenomena.

In bringing these ancient rites into modern times, stellar related material and ideals by modern poets such as WB Yeats, Robert Graves, Sylvia Plath, and esoteric writers such as John Milton, John Dee, Elias Ashmole, Francis Barrett, Rudolf Steiner, Aleister Crowley, Gerald Gardner have also been included, giving a Bardic blend of the ancient and the modern. The rites here ’set the scene’ and after all the poems and invocations are uttered, the point is reached in the rite where the magus has to make his/her direct connection, and to draw inspiration from the stellar well directly. The rites here are the beginning steps on your stellar journey, it is recommended that you write your own poems and invocations to the constellations and make your Path to the stars.

This is a highly accessible, succinct and practical book on this complex subject. It is written in such a way that it can be used as a manual and workbook for practicing stellar magic or simply read for gaining insight into star lore.

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About the Author : Payam Nabarz

Persian born Payam Nabarz is a Sufi and a practicing Dervish. He is a Druid in the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, and a co-founder of its ‘Nemeton of the Stars’ Grove. Magi Nabarz is a revivalist of the Temple of Mithras, and is working toward becoming a Hierophant in the Fellowship of Isis. He has also worked with the Golden Dawn system, Thelema, Nath, Wicca, and the Craft. He is 36 and lives in England.

He was the founder of Spirit of Peace, a charitable organisation dedicated to personal inner peace and world peace via interfaith dialogue between different spiritual paths.

Magi Nabarz’s writings have also appeared in numerous esoteric magazines including Touchstone (the Journal of Order of Bards, Ovates, Druids), Pagan Dawn (the Journal of the Pagan Federation), Stone Circle, The Little Red Book, Pentacle, White Dragon, Silver Star, Cauldron, Fezana (Zoroastrian Journal) and the Sufi.

His previous works include: The Mysteries of Mithras: The Pagan Belief That Shaped the Christian World (Inner Traditions, 2005); The Persian ‘Mar Nameh’: The Zoroastrian ‘Book of the Snake’ Omens and Calendar & The Old Persian Calendar (Twin Serpents, 2006). Payam is also the editor of “The Mithras Reader”.

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PLEASE RSVP DIRECTLY TO:
Atlantis bookshop, 49a Museum St, London, WC1A 1LY. (tel 020 74052120.) or email the publishers, liberavalonia@gmail.com with your name and contact details.

If you can’t wait until then, you can order your copy of STELLAR MAGIC BY PAYAM NABARZ directly from Avalonia (£12.99, with Free P&P worldwide)